Short version of question: I am in the USA, do I need to mail my spouse in China all originals uploaded to NVC like my green card, my passport my joint sponser's birth certificate and American citizenship papers for proof? Unclear.
LONG version:
So refresher, I am in USA, Spouse in China. This is my timeline below.
I have to dig up so many papers to fill out my timeline when I checked on this website, very detailed time line which will take me some time but,
Basic timeline from memory.
Priority date feb 2018. F2A category, China.
i130 approved like summer 2019
Paid fees to NVC nov 2019
Uploaded everything to NVC by December.
DQ from NVC Jan and now waiting for interview appointment.
Covid/TRUMP BAN Delay all of 2020
Trump ban lifted Feb 2021, got email they starting again late feb.
Spouse got email for interview at GUANGZHOU, PEOPLE'SREPUBLIC OF CHINA for mid April, on March 29th. Only a few weeks!!
Now the "Bring to interview precheck list" is specific when you click Guangzhou, says spouse would only need a copy of my green card. But most places on the website before I click the consulate place spouse is to interview at, says BRING ALL ORIGINALS aka everything you uploaded to NVC website.
Now this seems stressful because if I did mail my spouse(from usa to China) originals like my actual green card and a joint sponser's citizenship letter and my original birth certificates and passports, 1. Questionable if it gets there in time and 2. Those are sensitive items and if they get lost, that's a huge problem and delay. Again, the precheck list for GUANGZHOU only states copies of this for petitioner, and only my spouse original stuff but confusing when I see stuff everywhere saying ALL originals for everything uploaded to NVC. Thank you very much to anyone with experience with this.
I do not have a lawyer but I did call my old one and he only could answer one question for free on short notice and that is "DO NOT" send my green card. Thanks.
Best wishes to everyone struggling together. Very thankful for this website, helped me a lot since i130.